Life's a Beach 2

[Caret]

"Of course, of course!!! <Waste Your Abilities = Foolish?> Make your free samples last as long as possible!! Or, <Scarf Girl> could be trying to <Divert All Attention From Yourself> to <Avoid Punishment>. It's a good possibility, kids!"

[Kennifer]

"It'd be a shame if Squid Girl was a killer; she seems quite interesting to me and I would've liked to have more of a chance to talk to her."

Julia frowns.

"I'd still like to hear her full story as to what she did last night though, and if anyone can vouch for her. Same for Henry and Mario. But at least Steve and Ernesto are in the clear due to the incense thing—clever idea, by the way—so that does help the whole process of elimination thing."

A pause.

"Sephiroth, on the other hand... he would know how to wield his own sword, and stabbing someone who was trying to take it seems logical, huh... Unless a better explanation comes up as to who killed Eren I'll go ahead and..."
/vote Sephiroth

...er, does Desenari's vote against Sephiroth still count? Not sure if they voted Squid Girl instead of him or in addition.

[Zanreo]

"Exactly! It might be risky, but that way they'd make it seem like less of a possibility that early on .."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Votes:

Squid Girl: (Desenari)
Sephiroth: (Squid Girl, Julia)

Six to 🔨

I'm assuming Desenari swapped out Seph for Squid

[Florien]

Oh, I'm voting for both. And I already checked Henry, Snakeweed. He didn't leave his room. But yes, Sephiroth for Eren, Squid Girl for Bandana. I think evidence lines up well enough for both conclusions. Also I'm going to hazard a guess that Dawn's forces were behind Bandana's and the other ones were behind Eren, but that's not relevant.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

I see, well thank you for clearing that up for us. Desenari is voting for both, so that's three votes for Sephiroth, in addition to the one for Squid Girl.

[PointMaid]

If there isn't any more evidence or testimony, I'll vote for Sephiroth and Squid Girl, yes. Anybody else have something to say?

> Check the huts and boardwalk for any further information you can glean

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Check the huts and boardwalk for any further information you can glean (Snakeweed)

There is no other information that you can find on the huts or boardwalk. However, you do get the wise idea to examine the bed that Waddle Dee was on. Looking at it closer, you see underneath some marks.

[Caret]

"A clue! A clue! Blue's left us a clue! Let's use our <Soical Deduction Is Key> skills to find out what <THOSE KILLERS> mean!"

> what are the marks shaped like?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> what are the marks shaped like? (Steve)

You can't tell.

[PointMaid]

:|

> Also examine the marks

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Also examine the marks (Snakeweed)

They look like something that wasn't made with a human hand, but rather something else.

[Kennifer]

>use knowledge of marine biology to see if they could be made by something or someone... squid-like

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>use knowledge of marine biology to see if they could be made by something or someone... squid-like (Julia)

Seems unlikely.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Ernesto approaches the bed. I would like to observe something-

>do the markings look like something that uh....whatever the hell species Waddle Dee is would leave behind

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>do the markings look like something that uh....whatever the hell species Waddle Dee is would leave behind (Ernesto)

You try to look but you accidentally hit your head while under the bed. Ouch!

[Florien]

The fact that there's significant evidence in each case indicates to me this isn't the actions of a ninja. Though...

>How exactly did the bed get out of the cabin?

[door-kun]

" MWAHAHA! PROVING MY INNOCENCE! IF I DID IT, I WOULDN'T LEAVE EVIDENCE! "

> investigate the cabin some more

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>How exactly did the bed get out of the cabin? (Desenari)

You can't tell.

> investigate the cabin some more (MAARIO.EXE)

At the very least, you don't see any drag marks in the cabin itself. So it was unlikely the bed was pushed out of the hut and off the boardwalk.

[PointMaid]

> Can you find any item(s) around that would correspond to the marks on the bottom of the bed?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Can you find any item(s) around that would correspond to the marks on the bottom of the bed? (Snakeweed)

Nothing that's immediately obvious to you.

[PointMaid]

...Dangit. Wish we could figure out what made those marks.

[Kennifer]

>At least try to tell if the marks look organic vs. looking mechanical, as in were they made by some kind of a creature or were they from a machine or tool?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

>At least try to tell if the marks look organic vs. looking mechanical, as in were they made by some kind of a creature or were they from a machine or tool? (Julia)

It was made from something metal and mechanical all right, but you scoff up the bed further and further, leaving more marks on the bed that aren't made by whatever the metal thing was. Why you have to do that, make the investigation hard on yourself?

[Kennifer]

"Whoops, I got a bit overexcited I think. But the marks were something metal, if that helps."